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Report: eBay Mulling Thousands of Layoffs

elea.rei — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:34:52 GMT

http://www.toptechnews.com/article/index.php?story_id=1000034M822O

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beautysecretfashion — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 00:02:15 GMT

Interesting... so if ebay is bought out... I wonder if the new management would be any better??

Amazon does not treat their customers (sellers) like children or insult their intelligence... not sure about Alibaba, have never dealt with them.

If ebay want to remain competitive IT really needs to grow up!! Not literally but start acting like a company that cares about it's core members ie the Sellers.!

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mbselections00 — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 00:02:49 GMT

Interesting read - lean mean feebay eh !

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mbselections00 — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 00:07:00 GMT

@beautysecretfashion wrote:
Interesting... so if ebay is bought out... I wonder if the new management would be any better??

Amazon does not treat their customers (sellers) like children or insult their intelligence... not sure about Alibaba, have never dealt with them.

If ebay want to remain competitive IT really needs to grow up!! Not literally but start acting like a company that cares about it's core members ie the Sellers.!

I wonder if the new management would be any better??

I don't honestly think it could get any worse could it ?

does not treat their customers (sellers) like children or insult their intelligence

That would be a pleasant change !!

start acting like a company that cares about it's core members ie the Sellers.!

While they still have Sellers !

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honest.johns.phones — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:49:52 GMT

good riddance.

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4green2000 — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 20:21:25 GMT

see what happens but dont think much will

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aps1080 — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 20:34:43 GMT

What will happen.

Thousand of ebay employees will get laid off.

Some will turn to ebay to sell stuff to try to make some money.

They will then realise what a PITA it is, that the fees are too high, money being held for 21 days is painful to the seller,

it's all in the buyers favour and then try contacting ebay / paypal to resolve issues and find out just what a PITA organisation

they are to deal with !!!

I call it KARMA !

Hopefully word might then filter back that ebay needs to change !

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clarry100 — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 20:43:04 GMT

Let's hope one or two show up on the boards here. They might be able to give us all some interesting inside stories.

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bettyboopsadaisy — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 20:58:46 GMT

Right now, I'd rather be an ebay 'customer' (ie seller), despite all the problems that go with that relationship, than to be associated with Amazon in the same way, considering what is presently happening in THAT organization !!!!

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/16/amazon-compensate-sellers-1p-price

What a nightmare for the poor affected sellers there !!!

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chameleon54 — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 21:11:55 GMT

The Amazon thing is just crazy. I can feel a lawsuit coming on in litigous U.S.A. It looks like all of the online platform operators went to the same shool.

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2014auswit — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:20:18 GMT

Their boss still will get 23 million dollars for his "great" work.Now you know how they work for you.

@aps1080 wrote:
What will happen.

Thousand of ebay employees will get laid off.

Some will turn to ebay to sell stuff to try to make some money.

They will then realise what a PITA it is, that the fees are too high, money being held for 21 days is painful to the seller,
it's all in the buyers favour and then try contacting ebay / paypal to resolve issues and find out just what a PITA organisation
they are to deal with !!!

I call it KARMA !

Hopefully word might then filter back that ebay needs to change !

Re: Report: eBay Mulling Thousands of Layoffs

robinsonmarineparts — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 05:17:40 GMT

Lets be honest they do have lot of 'Deadwood' to get rid of.

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5kazam — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 05:47:49 GMT

First to go should be the Tech Team.

They can't maintain or fix the site now, so it couldn't be any worse without their fiddling with things that weren't broke before, but now are.

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diecastcorner2014 — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 09:08:19 GMT

what eBay should do is sack the team of Muppet's that sit around all day dreaming up these new policy's they have forced upon everyone.

eBay says its a better system now.

sellers can have there funds frozen for 21 days.

sellers are at high risk of being scammed by new system (money back **bleep**).

buyers give up looking because every search done gets flooded by 1000's of chiness sellers

I cant understand why a company like yahoo or goggle have not tapped into a market that millions of people would use and compete with there own auction site and give eBay some competition .

as long as ebay has no competition they will continue to do as they please

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justwisemobile — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 07:44:28 GMT

I think eBay Australia should be audited by the tax authorities. they charge GST on sale whenever they feel like.

if possible everyone should report them to tax authorities to conduct.

They have no idea how much they hurt their sellers with their terrible customer service and support. It is almost impossible to find someone on the phone who can speak and understand English properly. Their staff are inconsistent and ignorant of their own company and policies. They only know how to transfer calls or hang up on people rudely.

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justwisemobile — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 07:46:29 GMT

@beautysecretfashion

I think eBay Australia should be audited by the tax authorities. they charge GST on sale whenever they feel like.

if possible everyone should report them to tax authorities to conduct in respective country.

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domino-710 — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 07:46:37 GMT

Get a grip - this thread is sooo old.

Begin your own.

Got a gripe - at least make it a 2023 gripe.

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justwisemobile — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 07:49:18 GMT

i wish they fire all customer support and governments could restrict them to keep customer support within country of ebay shops. this will help employment locally

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sandypebbles — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 08:18:02 GMT

Is that why you need to buy from yourself and leave yourself positive feedback using your other accounts?

You aware aware that is not allowed and if eBay catch you out they will close down all of your accounts and ban you from having any others again?

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davewil1964 — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 08:55:37 GMT

I think you should read the dates and topics of threads you reply to. And maybe look up ATO laws on small value imports.